Chapter 67: I’ll Take Over Accompanying the Female Master From Now On

Chapter 67: Chapter 67: I’ll Take Over Accompanying the Female Master From Now On

Lorenzo pursed his lips. He hadn’t raised this theory just to shirk responsibility.

Zhan Heng was a Beastman who had seen the eighteen-meter-tall Star Beast with his own eyes and felt the heavy pollution energy radiating from it. A Star Beast’s pollution energy was generally never as high as that of the Insect Clan. Previously, Zhan Heng and his unlucky younger brother, Xie Jing, had fought against a Twelfth Rank Star Beast together. He naturally knew exactly how strong a Twelfth Rank Star Beast’s pollution aura should be.

This Rank Fourteen Star Beast... its pollution aura was indeed far too heavy!

Hearing Lorenzo Snow’s words, Zhan Heng instantly understood. This wasn’t just the pollution aura of a Rank Fourteen Star Beast. It was undeniably mixed with the aura of the Insect Clan, which was why the pollution was so intense!

Zhan Heng looked at Lorenzo. "You need to report this. Waiting for the academy to do it will be too slow. What if... Bai Yanli and Rong Hua Jin take on a new mission and lead their entire legion right into the heart of the Insect Clan’s territory?

"Are they going there to complete a mission and encircle the Insect Clan, or are they leading an entire legion of a hundred thousand Beastmen to their deaths?"

Shen Mianzhou frowned. "If their Light Brains were controlled by the Insect Clan’s consciousness, forcing them to unbind from our Female Master, then this matter absolutely must be investigated. Doing so will also buy us one to two years of investigation time."

Shen Mianzhou had not yet formally shared the most intimate of connections with their Female Master, yet in just four months, the Beast God Matching System would match her with a new Beast Husband. If Lorenzo’s theory proved true, an official investigation would be launched. The Beast God Matching System would then pause and wait until the investigation concluded before matching the Female Master with new Beast Husbands.

Shi Lingfeng furrowed his brows, glancing between Zhan Heng and Shen Mianzhou. These two Beast Husbands were males who had come into close contact with the Rank Fourteen Star Beast. If they both agreed with Lorenzo’s words, it could only mean... Lorenzo’s conjecture wasn’t just some absurd attempt to pass the buck.

Shi Lingfeng’s expression darkened as he considered the broader implications. He put away his impatient, restless desire to rush back to Gu Weilan’s side to cuddle and be affectionate. Looking earnestly at Lorenzo, Shi Lingfeng said, "I won’t stop you from reporting this. But have you thought about how to handle the inevitable questioning?

"How did our Female Master manage to identify the Insect Clan? What methods did she use to find and kill it? This is her Talent Skill. If word of this spreads, have any of you considered what might happen?"

Shen Mianzhou looked confused. "When I retrieved the Rank Fourteen Star Beast’s Star Core, my hand was bitten by a bug. The academy’s professors already know that our Female Master helped me find it and used her Talent Skill to kill the Insect Clan.

"Isn’t that a good thing? If everyone knows our Female Master possesses such formidable strength, they’ll be even more willing to protect her, right?"

Lorenzo’s expression grew serious, while Zhan Heng lowered his eyes, lost in thought.

Shi Lingfeng looked at Shen Mianzhou. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke. "In our Interstellar Alliance, there is a faction of Beastmen who believe the Insect Clan is just another branch of the Beast Clan. Because the Insect Clan has incredibly strong reproductive capabilities, they even hope for intermarriage between the Beast Clan and the Insect Clan."

Shen Mianzhou’s eyes widened, the color draining entirely from his face. "Isn’t that heresy? We Beastmen are Beastmen! There is reproductive isolation between us and the Insect Clan!"

Resting his elbows on his spread knees, Shi Lingfeng threw his hands up in a helpless gesture. "However, there is a group of scientific researchers who believe it’s worth a try..."

A sudden wave of intense nausea washed over Shen Mianzhou, and he couldn’t help but scratch his arms. But after the disgust passed, his brow furrowed deeply. "Are you worried they might pose a threat to our Female Master?"

Lorenzo clenched his jaw. "I will report this to our Starlight Rabbit Clan immediately. If our theory is correct, and Bai Yanli and Rong Hua Jin have been parasitized by bugs that control their brain consciousness, then our Female Master—who discovered this—is the greatest hero.

"My entire clan will protect our Female Master."

Zhan Heng crossed one leg over the other, the fabric of his trousers rustling. His languid posture did nothing to diminish the firm conviction in his tone. "My Female Master—the Female Master of Zhan Heng—is the matriarch of our entire Qilin Beast Clan. If I am fortunate enough to sire a little female, she will be the future clan leader of our Qilin Clan.

"Our Qilin Clan will absolutely guarantee our Female Master’s safety."

Lifting his eyelids, Zhan Heng fixed his phoenix-like eyes on Shi Lingfeng. "On the other hand, your family’s situation... it’s incredibly convoluted. It would be quite unfortunate if, instead of being an asset to our Female Master, you only end up causing her trouble!"

Shi Lingfeng took a deep breath and met Zhan Heng’s gaze. "Rest assured. I will put my family in order as soon as possible to become a pillar of support for our Female Master. However..."

Despite Shi Lingfeng’s gentle and honest appearance, his next words thoroughly annoyed the other three Beast Husbands present.

"For the coming month, I must ask you three Beast Husbands to yield more of your time with her to me. Our Gray Wolf Family places great importance on heirs. The only reason I haven’t been firmly selected as the Young Clan Leader is because I don’t have an heir.

"Once I manage to conceive an heir, I believe my great-grandmother will reconsider and designate me as the successor."

The old clan leader of the Gray Wolf Clan was a wise, elderly female—she was Shi Lingfeng’s Grandma. However, the one who actually controlled the family’s overarching direction was Grandma’s Mother—Shi Lingfeng’s great-grandmother. There were two females in Shi Lingfeng’s generation, but unfortunately, their Beast Forms did not belong to the Gray Wolf Clan. Therefore, there was no way for them to inherit the position of clan leader for the Gray Wolf Clan.

Historically, the Gray Wolf Clan’s leader position had occasionally been held by a male acting as a proxy. However, this male was required to have a female cub with a Gray Wolf Clan Beast Form. Although Shi Lingfeng couldn’t force this outcome, his bloodline purity was extremely high. If no other options remained, the position of Young Clan Leader would still be his. As long as his Grandma saw that his cub possessed good aptitude and showed promise of eventually siring female Gray Wolf Clan cubs in the grandchildren’s generation, it would be enough.

Zhan Heng gritted his teeth, but he already had four cubs, even if he didn’t know their aptitudes yet.

Xie Jing had no idea what Zhan Heng was thinking. If he knew, he would undoubtedly raise his hands—which were currently being drained dry of their Beast Rank Energy—in absolute despair and scream at Zhan Heng, "Come deal with them yourself! Do it yourself, and you’ll know exactly what their aptitudes are!"

Lorenzo pursed his lips. He didn’t have the heavy burden of being an heir to shoulder, but he loved cuddling with their Female Master! Consequently, Lorenzo wasn’t very happy either.

Shen Mianzhou felt a bit disappointed, but he was far too insecure. He felt that since he couldn’t provide much substantial help to their Female Master, being obedient and not fighting for her attention could be considered his way of helping her, right?

The four Beast Husbands completely failed to notice the Silver-spotted Cat lying in the corner, whose eyes suddenly flashed with a moment of lucid clarity.

He couldn’t help but frown. "Bai Yanli unbound his match from the Female Master?

"If Bai Yanli... unbound his match from the Female Master, then who am I?

"Could there be two people named Bai Yanli in the Interstellar Alliance?

"And furthermore... when did I even get a Female Master? When did this happen, and why don’t I know about it?"

He cast a glance at the Bald Chicken next to him...

"HISS!" The Silver-spotted Cat arched his back, his fur standing on end from sheer terror. "What the hell is this thing?!

"This couldn’t possibly be... Rong Hua Jin, could it...?"